Enid News & Eagle
Monday, Nov 10, 2008
The funeral for Herbert “Herb” LeRoy Sheley, 81, of
Woodward, will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008,
at Billings Funeral Home Chapel, Woodward. The Rev.
Mary Davis will officiate. Burial will be in
Hillside Cemetery, Purcell.
He was born Oct. 8, 1927, in Woodward to Clarence
LeRoy and Mabel Marie Aldrich Sheley and died
Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008, at Grace Living Center.
He was raised and educated in Woodward. He was
active in the Boy Scouts, receiving his Eagle Scout
in 1945. He was inducted in the Army in 1946,
serving as a medical technician at Fort Clayton in
the canal zone at Panama Canal. He was honorably
discharged in 1949 from Camp Leroy Johnson in New
Orleans, La.
He served as counselor for the Lions Club
Exceptional Children’s Camp, served 10 years as a
house parent and mentor for the St. Francis Boy’s
Home in Salina, Kan., and Lake Placid, New York. He
later worked and retired from the Buffalo Highway
Department.
He married Berniece L. Snider Sept. 5, 1990, in Ada,
where they made their home. She died in 1995. He
returned to Woodward where he has lived since.
He was a member of St. John’s Episcopal Church and
was baptized in the Episcopal Church of Okmulgee on
March 8, 1953. He was a volunteer for the Boy Scouts
for 45 years. He received the Silver Beaver Award
for “Noteworth service” in scouting and was awarded
the Oklahoma Award of Merit, which is the highest
award given for voluntary service.
Surviving are one son, David Snider of Lawton; four
sisters, Verna Barnett, Joan Edwards and Jeanette
McFadden, all of Woodward, and Margie Routh of Ponca
City; two grandchildren; and one
great-granddaughter.
Condolences may be made online at
www.billingsfuneralhomewoodward.com.
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